Sour cherries — Area harvested in Albania
Albania: Sour cherries — Area harvested was 3,223 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Albania, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sour cherries — area harvested in Albania is 3,223 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in Albania peaked at 3,287 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1,375 ha, in 1992.
Albania ranks 13th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Albania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,194 ha | -26.9% |
| 1991 | 1,621 ha | -26.1% |
| 1992 | 1,375 ha | -15.2% |
| 1993 | 1,857 ha | +35.1% |
| 1994 | 1,909 ha | +2.8% |
| 1995 | 1,686 ha | -11.7% |
| 1996 | 1,724 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 1,773 ha | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 1,811 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 1,706 ha | -5.8% |
| 2000 | 1,696 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 2,106 ha | +24.2% |
| 2002 | 2,681 ha | +27.3% |
| 2003 | 3,118 ha | +16.3% |
| 2004 | 2,400 ha | -23.0% |
| 2005 | 2,800 ha | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 2,700 ha | -3.6% |
| 2007 | 2,500 ha | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 2,548 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 2,569 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 2,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 3,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 2012 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3,078 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 3,159 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 3,079 ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 3,195 ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 3,287 ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 3,187 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 3,223 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 3,232 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,214 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 3,223 ha | +0.3% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 3,223 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 901.5 ha, 3.6× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Albania's 3,223 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,527 ha, 1.3× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sour cherries — Area harvested in Albania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +35.1% | 1,375 ha | 1,857 ha |
| 1990 | -26.9% | 3,000 ha | 2,194 ha |
| 2002 | +27.3% | 2,106 ha | 2,681 ha |
| 1991 | -26.1% | 2,194 ha | 1,621 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,766 ha | 1,375 ha | 2,194 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,512 ha | 1,696 ha | 3,118 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,040 ha | 2,600 ha | 3,287 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,216 ha | 3,187 ha | 3,232 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Albania
- 10 Azerbaijan 6,356 ha compare
- 11 Belarus 6,004 ha compare
- 12 Czechoslovakia 4,060 ha compare
- 14 Romania 2,670 ha compare
- 15 Croatia 2,110 ha compare
- 16 North Macedonia 1,831 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — area harvested in Albania?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in Albania was 3,223 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 3,287 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,375 ha in 1992.
- How does Albania rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- Albania ranks 13th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sour cherries — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 40 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.